Sidney Blumenthal Quotes

Sometimes you have to stand up for yourself.

I refuse to be pushed around anymore.

My mother taught me not to take any crap from anyone and to stand up for my rights. You might not believe this lesson came from a tiny Japanese woman, but it's true.

You always have to stand up for yourself.

I like to think I'm quite brave. I stand up for myself.

My advice to women in general: Even if you're doing a nine-to-five job, treat yourself like a boss. Not arrogant, but be sure of what you want - and don't allow people to run anything for you without your knowledge.

It's really important to stand up for yourself and not always agree with what people say if indeed you don't feel that that's true.

I was taught to be demure, so it was harder for me to learn how to stand up for myself and go, 'What do I want? What are my desires?'

I've never let people push me around in politics.

I am not ashamed to say I will speak up to defend myself.

You just have to be able to stand up for yourself. And that's OK.

I can stand up for myself.

I stand up to people.

When I first started on television, people, and even my own manager at the time, would tell me I had to make all of these changes. But you have to stand up and say, 'There's nothing wrong with me or my shape or who I am; you're the one with the problem!' And when you can really believe that, all of a sudden other people start believing, too.

I feel like I have to have a voice.

When you feel powerful, you are willing to stand up for your rights, you are willing to stand up for what you believe in, you're more willing to stand up and be counted.

I come from a blue-collar town - and being from that place, you learn not to let anybody take advantage of you. You don't let people mistreat you. You stand up for what's right.

I learned to stand up for myself at school where I was never too popular.

We have to set our own agenda, we have to set our own standards, we have to be very strong about what we want, we have to be very strong about our passion and if it's not right for you, you shouldn't do it just because you're advised by so-called geniuses.

I'm going to stand up for what I need to do, not what everybody else wants me to do.

I always stand up for what I believe and what I want to.

I know how to stand up for myself. I say no when I want to, yes when I want to, and no one can really change my mind.

I learned early on - I can go to a shoot, and they will put anything they want to put on me, and I'll look like an idiot because I didn't say I don't like it. It's OK to have an opinion.

You should always stand up for yourself.

I will continue to be good but if people think I don't have a voice and that I don't take stand for myself, that's what I will do. I will show that I have another side to me.